Hello everyone and welcome to the fourth chapter of A New Beginning! First of all I would like to thank the Guest reviewer for their comment, I'm really glad you like it so far! Ok Covid's still being a bitch but I'm slowly getting better again, so hopefully by next week I can get a writting schedule sorted out for you guys. Anyway that's enough rambling for now, let's get on with this!


Washington USA, Wednesday XX/XX/2014.

It was a bright and sunny morning in the suburbs today. The birds were singing, the weather was pleasant and little Sunny wasn't feeling so 'sunny' herself.

"B-but Uncle H-Hal! If t-they're testing U-Uncle Snake w-why do we h-have to go t-too?" Said a little girl in an pink t-shirt, white shorts and pink sneaker while looking like she was about to have a meltdown.

"I've already told you honey, the Colonel was nice enough to schedule a checkup for both of us too. In fact! your yearly medical checkup was coming up shortly so this is a good opportunity for us!" Said Hal. Today Hal decided to use some really simple clothes, a white t-shirt, blue jeans and some simple black sneakers. It took the Colonel a few days to schedule the appointment so that all three of them could get their checkup in a secure location, however neither Otacon or Snake where bothered by it.

"B-but U-Uncle H-Haaaaaal-".

"Now now pipsqueak, you know it is pretty important that you get your annual check up on time so settle down" Said Snake while looking at the nervous 7 years old. Normally while attending a checkup Snake would use normal clothes but since the Colonel warned Snake that they might do some extra tests to see if he was up to the 'assignmet' that he had in mind Snake decided to use some sports wear consisting of a black form fitting tank top, dark gray shorts and white sneakers.

"But I hate n-needles" whined Sunny while looking at Snake 'Hehe, It's pretty easy to forget that she is just a little girl with how mature she acts all the time' tought the exsoldier while crounching down to look at Sunny's face.

"Let's make a deal, if you behave yourself until were finished We'll take you to eat Ice cream and then to the park, ok?" Snake said to try and make Sunny settle down.

"Y-you promise?" Said the little girl with small tears in her eyes.

"I promise" Said Snake while smilling.

"Yaaaaaay! Thank you Uncle Snake!" Said Sunny doing a complete 180 turnover to her attitude and giving Snake a hugh.

"D-did I just get... played?" Said Snake looking confused while getting up after Sunny released him and turning to Otacon "Yep, she just played you like a fiddle Snake" Otacon said to Snake while smirking. It seems little Sunny was way more clever than they gave her credit for "She got you real good".

"Well I'll be damned" Responded Snake while chuckling.

"O-oh! I-Is that t-t-the van over there?" Said Sunny while pointing to a white van that was coming down the road to their house.

"Yep, seems like it. Geez, Campbell could have sent something a little more discreet than a white van with no windows, don't you think?" Said Snake while getting a nod from Otacon "I was thinking the exact same thing the other day when they came to check on you, they showed up in a Lincoln scolted by four black SUVs for the love of god" Said Otacon while looking around and hoping that the neighbors don't see them.

"Hal Emmerich?" Said the driver as he pulled over to where the trio was standing.

"The one and only".

"Good morning Sir, we're here to take you to the installations" The driver spoke to Otacon as he got out from the van a began opening the back door "Yes, I can see that" Said Snake while getting inside as soon a the door opened.

"C'mon Sunny, up you go" Said Otacon while helping Sunny get in the van and handing her over to Snake so that he could set her in one of the seats.

"You are free to take the copilot seat if you want Sir" said the driver.

"Yeah, no problem" responded Otacon as he moved to the other side of the van to get in the passenger seat while the driver closed the door. As soon as everyone was tucked in the vehicule the driver got inside, put on his seatbelt and drove off to their destination "So, how far are we from the facilities?" Asked Otacon to the driver.

"Luckily there's not much traffic today, so we're looking at a 45 minutes drive Sir".

"Well that's good, at least we're not to far from there".

"Not at all Sir" Said the driver. The rest of the drive consisted of small talk between the three men as Sunny had nodded off after the few minutes of the ride. They talked of a variety of topics until they finally reached the installations where they were getting their checkups.

45 minutes later.

"Well I'll be be damned, you guessed the ETA down to the point! You're pretty good" Said Snake to the driver while looking surprised as they pulled up to some non descript building in the middle of an industrial zone.

"Thank you Sir, I always try to give an accurate ETA to any of my passengers" Said the driver while getting out of the van to open the back doors.

"Sunny, wake up honey. We're here" Said Snake while gently rocking the girl from side to side.

"Hmmmm F-Five more m-minutes" Said Sunny while refusing to wake up.

"C'mon honey, the sooner you wake up, the sooner we can get our check ups and be gone our way".

"O-ok Uncle Snake" responded Sunny while still looking really drowsy. As the door opened Snake helped Sunny out of her seat and led her to Otacon who had already gotten out of the van earlier so he could help her get out. As soon as everybody was out of the van the driver turned to them and said "I'll be waiting for all of you to be done so I can take you all back. I hope you all have a good morning".

"Thanks a lot man, same to you" Said Hal while turning to Snake and Sunny "Well let's head inside!" the trio then began to walk inside the building. As soon as they got inside they were greeted with the stale smell of an sterile environment, plain white walls and a bunch of people in white sterile suits coming over to them. Clearly a big jump from the dusty and gritty industrial zone from the outside. As soon as all the persons in the sterile suits came close to the trio they began instructing them on the decontamination procedure.

"So, like this?" Asked Snake while standing still a few feet apart from Sunny and Otacon.

"Just like that, Sir. Now, please close your eyes and mouth as the process begins. We will tell you when you can open the again" Said one of the men that was closer to Otacon.

"Also don't worry about your clothes or belongins, they won't be damaged at all in the process" Said another man as he took a little bracelet that Sunny was wearing "O-ok m-m-mister" responded Sunny while lookimg a little uncertain.

"Ok all set up and good to go! Decontamination beginning in 3...2...1..." Said a man while pressing a botton on a console. As the process began Sunny, Otacon and Snake were blasted with what seemed to be cold water along with some other chemicals, some kind of soap like substance, more water, a strange powder and then dried off with a blast of hot air. All in all the process took about a minute and to be honest the three of them were pretty impressed about how gentle the entire process had been in relation to the speed in wich it was done.

"...And done!" Said the same man on the console.

"Well that was something" Said Hal while looking at himself.

"It sure was" Snake responded while walking towards him and Sunny "I'm surprised that we're not wet at all!" exclaimed the exsoldier.

"T-that was k-kinda f-fun" Said Sunny with a little smile.

"At least she had fun" said Otacon as one of the men approached him.

"Ok everyone, please come with us this way. The Doctor will be with you shortly" Said the man as he gestured the trio to follow him and let them into a side room further inside the facility "As I said, the doctor will be with you shortly. If you need anything while waiting please feel free to use the intercom system near the door to call for assistance".

"I don't think we'll need anything, but thanks anyway" Responded Snake "For your service, sir" said the man as he got out of the room.

"Man it sure feels strange that everyone is treating us like we're royalty in here" Said Hal as he looked at both Snake and Sunny.

"You're right. The few time I've been to places like this in the past the staff was usually quite cold and to the point. I mean, they weren't really disrespectful but it surely was a far cry from this facility".

"That's because I personally train my staff to treat our patients that way so they can be more comfortable during their stay in my facility" Suddendly responded a soft femenine voice at the side of the room.

'HOLY SHIT SHE IS HUGE' was the shared tought between both men as they turned to the voice that just entered the room.

"Good morning Mr Hal, Mr David and little Miss Sunny! I'm Doctor Ingrid Sullivan, head director of this fine facility and the person that will be conducting your check ups today!" Said a larger than life statue of a woman while coming closer to them. Dr Sullivan was a very tall, fair skinned, brunette woman standing at about 6'8" and at least 190lbs of muscle. Dressed in a blood red blouse covered by a standar white lab coat, black dress pants, brown leather shoes. With her hair pulled in a messy ponytail and a little touch of make up here and there the huge woman managed to look femenine while still looking strong as hell. Yep, definetly the hair and make up and not her rather big 'assets'.

'I've seen some pretty muscular women in my time but HOLY SHIT' Tought Snake while ogling the doctor as she spoke to Otacon.

"Mr Emmerich please pardon my unprofessional behaviour but I am a big fan of you and your projects" Said the woman while eagerly shaking the astounded scientist hand.

"R-Really? Wich p-projects of mine you've been following?" Said Otacon with a little difficulty 'If she keeps this up she's going to rip my whole arm off!' tought Otacon as he felt his arm getting yanked up and down by the excited woman.

"Your Metal Gear Projects of course! while I think that your work on Metal Gear REX was astounding what really made me a big fan were both your Metal Gear MK.II and III! going from such a huge beast of a robot to those small but convenient gadgets while still making incredible technological advances on the was nothing short of incredible!" Said Dr. Sullivan still shaking Otacon's hand.

"Uuuuh... Hey Doc, I think that you're going to rip his arm off if you keep that up" said Snake lokking both concerned for his friend but highly amused while Sunny giggled a little.

"OH! You're right! Sorry Mr. Emmerich, sometimes I forget to mind my own strenght" apologized the woman while at least having the decency to look sheepish at her mistake.

"N-No problem D-Doc. *Ahem* Anyway, should we begin with our test?" Asked Otacon while rubbing his now sore arm 'Damn what did her parents feed her when she was young!?'.

"Of course! please come along with me" said the Doctor while motioning both men and the little girl to follow them "We'll go for a standar medical test for both you and little miss Sunny Mr. Emmerich. However, for Mr. Snake we'll do some extra test that Colonel Campbell asked us to do to see if you're ready to go back to active duty" explained the woman as they arrived to the examination room "So, shall we begin?" asked Dr. Sullivan as she got nods from both men.

The exams where pretty much what you'd expect from a normal medical check up. The Doctor and her assistants measured their height and weight, blood pressure and the dreaded (at least for Sunny) blood test. Dr. Sullivan had no problem with both Snake and Hal, Sunny gave her a little trouble but she managed to convince the little girl to let her take the sample without much trouble by offering her some candies.

After all of the standar tests were done they passed to the special part of the procedure. Snake had to go through an array of physical as well mental tests to determine if he was fit for duty. Needless to say Snake aced through all of them with ease and even stablished some world records while at it "It seems that the nanomachines he was injected with did way more than revert the effects of the accelerated aging on his body." Began explaining the tall beauty as she was watching Snake's vitals while he was swimming in an Olympic swimming pool with all his might.

"The nanomachine didn't just make him young again, they reconstructed his whole body to a point that I would almost call it super human!" exclaimed the woman.

"What do you mean by that Doctor?" asked Otacon while watching Snake swim at a fast pace to one side of the pool to the other like it was nothing.

"All his muscles and tendons are way more stronger than normal, his bone density is higher too, so he is more heavy, stronger, faster and resistant than the common human male in his age and stature group. Also his stamina succeds that of olympic athletes and even triatlon runners, but I'm sure you've figured that out by yourself now".

"Hmmm yes. I mean, Snake's always had an exceptional resistance, strenght and stamina. Believe it or not he once pushed against Metal Gear REX's legs with his own legs and managed to make tumble to the side." Said Otacon recalling the absurd burst of strenght Snake had that day "Now that I think about it, I never saw him do things like the ones he did that day, he even dodged a sniper bullet with a back flip after he somehow sensed it...". he paused as he saw that Dr. Sullivan was looking at him like he grew a second head.

"...But I also may have hit my head pretty hard before that so...yeah. *Ahem* By the way Doctor, I'm pretty curious about what Snake's physical age is now, because he doesn't look like a man in his forties to me" Asked Otacon while trying to change the subject of the conversation.

"Oh! if my calculations are right then his age should be between 24 and 26 years old. Seriously, those nanomachines did wonders to him" said the doctor while suddenly blowing a wistle "That's enough Mr. Snake! You can go hit the showers now!" Yelled Dr. Sullivan.

"You got it doc!" Answered Snake as he began swimming to the nearest ladder to get out of the pool. "All of your results should be ready in about an hour so you guy can go back to the waiting room, I know you must be hungry so I arranged for some breakfast for all of us while we wait" Said the Doctor.

"Really!? Thanks a lot Doctor Sullivan, you're the best!" Said Sunny while running towards the waiting room "Sunny! Wait up honey!" Yelled Hal while running behind Sunny "Hey! No running in my facilities!" Yelled Dr. Sullivan while running behind both of them.

"Man, what was all that about?" Asked Snake to himself as he watched the trio run off.

One hour later.

After Otacon and Sunny got reprimanded by Doctor Sullivan for running in her facilities the three of them waited for Snake to come to the room so they could all eat together. After about 15 minutes Snake came into the room and they all began eating and making small talk to pass the time while the results came. Both Otacon and Snake couldn't keep their mouths shut and decided to ask Dr. Sullivan how she got so...Massive.

Dr. Sullivan was... an interesting woman to say the least. Both her parents were Bodybuilders so she had been trained since very young to get fit. However, as she got older she got interested in Anatomy and Medicine so she decided to ditch the Bodybuilding training and instead train her body to be functional instead of just something to show off, even if it went against her parents wishes. So, by the time she was 22 she had graduated medical school with honors and had the body she always dreamed.

All three of her patients were surprised by her story and looked at the woman with a new sense of respect and admiration. After that all the adults made some small talk while Sunny played something on Otacon's phone and sooner than they all expected the results came.

"Well, it seems that all of you guys are as healthy as you can be! Specially you Mr. Snake, those nanomachines did a great job bringing your body to it's former glory and then some" Said Dr. Sullivan.

"Thanks a lot Doc, it's pretty nice to know my potential has reached it's peak again. And that both Hal and Sunny are fine and healthy." Said Snake.

"No problem at all Mr. Snake, I was just doing my job! Anyway, let me scort you all to the exit so we can all be on our way. Oh, and don't worry about informing the Colonel, we already did that and he asked me to tell you that he was passing by your house later" Dr. Sullivan told them as they all began heading to the exit. As soon as they reached the exit the doctor began Speaking again "This is as far as I get. It was a pleasure knowing all of you guys and I hope to see you all again" Said Ingrid as she reached out to shake Snake's hand.

"The pleasure's all mine Doc, hope you have a good day" Said Snake as he shook her hand.

"Same here Doctor, thanks for everything" Said Otacon as he too reached out to shake the doctor's hand.

"It was a dream come true meeting you Mr. Emmerich" said Ingrid as she shook Otacon's hand and took a step closer to the man to whisper something "And I hope that we can get to know eachother... better" Said Ingrid as she slipped something into the now red faced man's hand and gave him a wink.

"Bye Dr. Sullivan, it was great meeting you!" Said Sunny as she waved and walked to the door.

"Bye Sunny Honey! Remember to behave and eat your vegetables" Responded Ingrid returning to her normal tone.

After that the trio went to the outside of the facility and proceeded to greet the driver and board the van again.

"Say Mr. Driver, 50 bucks that you don't get the ETA this time around" Said Snake while smirking at the driver.

"I really shouldn't do this but you're on Mr. Snake! Considering the time of the day and the route we have to take ETA will be an hour and a half" Said the driver while beginning to drive off "Oh! I forgot to tell you all, I can't give you my real name, but you guys can call me Clockwork" Said Clockwork while smilling at them.

"...I just fucked up didn't I?" Said Snake.

"Languaje!" Exclaimed Sunny.

"Yep, you did" Said Otacon while Clockwork just smirked at him.

'Fuck me' .


FINALLY DAMN. Would you guys belive me if I told you that I began writing this chapter the day after I published the last one? I'm really sorry about the delay on this chapter, life's been really shitty at the moment so I didn't really have time or energy to write this chapter.

This chapter was actually going to be a lot longer than this but I decided to split it into two to give you guys something to read while I write the rest of the chapter.

So we got introduced to the buff beauty Dr. Ingrid Sullivan and our misterious driver codename: Clockwork. Both of them will have important roles later on the story so keep an eye out for them. I don't think I gave a character description to Clockwork so Imagine him as a 5'11" man with short blonde hair, green eyes covered by sun glasses and a normal chaffeur suit. As for Dr. Sullivan, she's a mix between Noi from Dorohedoro in her looks and attitude, and Kureha Shinogi from Baki in her intelligence and medical capabilities (AKA utter bullshit when it fits the script).

Another thing I wanted to tell you all is that I'm thinking in opening commissions so if you're interested in that hit me up in the dm's so I can give you more info about it. Anyway that's enough rambling, see you all next time!